Mantis religiosa

in Amazing Nature4 years ago (edited)

I had been planning to exhibit photographs of the Praying Mantis for a long time, and finally I did it.
In these photographs, a small male.
I've already learned to distinguish between them. The fact is that Praying Mantises, on my balcony, appear every year very small and live until the end of their days.
I have a lot of photos with them and there are several videos.

I was very lucky that I was able to take a photo of his "skin" after molting!
Praying mantises molt several times during their life.

I'm so used to Praying Mantis that I start to worry if suddenly I don't see him for 1 day, and suddenly something happened to him!

They also get used to me, and therefore calmly pose.
Praying mantises are so used to us that they let us pet them!!!
I must admit that when the Mantises first appeared on my balcony, I was very wary of them.

I really like that when I bend very close to them, they turn their heads and look :-)))
I, sometimes, deliberately provoke it several times :-)))
As if I have nothing to do.
According to my observations, the Praying Mantis freely turns its head 180 degrees.
I will stop on this for now and continue in my next post about my Mantis.

The photos I were taken with a Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70L tablet

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To be continued.

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That is very cool. Great closeup shots too.

Thank you so much!

Wow what a nice guardian for the cacti and succulents. Not more white mealy bugs will torment them again :-)

I saw again a very small Mantis.
But for several days I have not seen him ...

 4 years ago  

They are incredible creatures and when I see them turning their head 180 degrees it is rather spooky.

Why creepy? :-)
And I'm interested and funny :-)

 4 years ago  

It is an interesting creature. 😀

Very nice photos!! I would not notice them because if the colour!!

If they sit like mine, then you will see them! :-)